New C&TA Publication

The much anticipated publication on the history of the Norfolk Textile trade by Dr Michael Nix has just come from the printers.

It is a beautifully illustrated record of the people, products and practices of the industry and of the extraordinary hand-woven fabrics exported around the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

​The book introduces us to Norwich wool and yarn manufacturers, dealers, factors, staplers, spinners, wool-comb makers, warpers and scourers, masters and journeymen.  Norwich, twisterers and doublers, dyers and bleachers, hot-pressers, shuttle and bobbin makers, all working to support the Norwich and Norfolk freemen weavers. 
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This fascinating, comprehensively researched book traces every process of the trade with examples of the incredible array of pattern books, many held in Norfolk Museums Service collections, which provide a rich historic record of their products. 

Such was the extent of the extensive research for this book that there are a further 12 appendices published on the C&TA website.

Copies of the book are available to buy on the C&TA website. ctacostume.org.uk/shop

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